Requesting deferred finding with King county, WA ticket
Since I recently got a ticket and got it successfully deferred, I am writing this blogpost to help others in the same boat. Here is step by step procedure.
Step 1: Read the ticket carefully and check if it falls under King county jurisdiction. If the ticket is issued by city police (e.g. Seattle, Redmond, Bellevue, etc) then you have to deal with the city court. Generally tickets issued in unincorporated areas tend to be issued by King county sheriff.
Step 2: You have to decide if you are going to contest the ticket or request mitigation. Ofcourse the third option is to just pay off the ticket. You can deal with the ticket either in-person hearing, or by mail or fax. Use the phone number of King county court and follow the instructions. As of January 2010, the option 4, option 1, option 1 would directly connect to the human who can help answer traffic ticket questions.
Step 3: Assuming that you want to request "deferral", you mail back your signed ticket requesting mitigation. Make copies for your record. I would also get a "Proof of mailing" from USPS for less than 2 dollars.
Step4: The court responds back, giving you a hearing date. At that time, it also gives you an option to handle hearing by mail.
Step 5: Create your statement letter, requesting the judge to grant "Deferred fidning" on your ticket. It can be very short letter. Mail your statement 10 days before the hearing date. Then you can call in 6 days before and check if they received your statement. If they did not, plan to visit the court in person and hand over your statement. You can also get a proof by requesting a photocopy of filed statement for 50 cents.
Step 6: Generally the Judge grants you "Deferred finding" and send an letter which you have to sign. Along with it, it will also say the fine you have to pay for "Deferred finding". Generally it is less that what the ticket would have been.
Step 7: Sign the "Deferred finding" agreement and send it along with your check to the address provided in the letter.
Step 8: Follow all the traffic rules and dont get another ticket for another year (which mostly likely would be term for which deferred finding is effective). If you do get a ticket, then you also have to pay the original ticket.
Step 1: Read the ticket carefully and check if it falls under King county jurisdiction. If the ticket is issued by city police (e.g. Seattle, Redmond, Bellevue, etc) then you have to deal with the city court. Generally tickets issued in unincorporated areas tend to be issued by King county sheriff.
Step 2: You have to decide if you are going to contest the ticket or request mitigation. Ofcourse the third option is to just pay off the ticket. You can deal with the ticket either in-person hearing, or by mail or fax. Use the phone number of King county court and follow the instructions. As of January 2010, the option 4, option 1, option 1 would directly connect to the human who can help answer traffic ticket questions.
Step 3: Assuming that you want to request "deferral", you mail back your signed ticket requesting mitigation. Make copies for your record. I would also get a "Proof of mailing" from USPS for less than 2 dollars.
Step4: The court responds back, giving you a hearing date. At that time, it also gives you an option to handle hearing by mail.
Step 5: Create your statement letter, requesting the judge to grant "Deferred fidning" on your ticket. It can be very short letter. Mail your statement 10 days before the hearing date. Then you can call in 6 days before and check if they received your statement. If they did not, plan to visit the court in person and hand over your statement. You can also get a proof by requesting a photocopy of filed statement for 50 cents.
Step 6: Generally the Judge grants you "Deferred finding" and send an letter which you have to sign. Along with it, it will also say the fine you have to pay for "Deferred finding". Generally it is less that what the ticket would have been.
Step 7: Sign the "Deferred finding" agreement and send it along with your check to the address provided in the letter.
Step 8: Follow all the traffic rules and dont get another ticket for another year (which mostly likely would be term for which deferred finding is effective). If you do get a ticket, then you also have to pay the original ticket.
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